Garment-stay.



E. L. HYDE,

GARMENT STAY. APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1914.

1,142,565, Patented June 8, 1915.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR THE NORRIS PETERS 50-. FHOTC-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, D C.

ELBERT L. HYDE, or rir'rsnun'en, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNGR To THE SPIRELLA COMPANY, or MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, eoonPonA'rIoN oFrENNsYLvANIA.

GARMENT-STAY.

Garment-Stays, of which the following 1s a specification. 1

This invention relates to garment stays, and particularly to wire stays such as are used in corsets or otherlike articles of wearing apparel.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong and durable stay which contains a long length of wire in a stay of given dimensions, which is very stiff and has a high degree of reslstance to bending strains, particularly in the edgew se directlon, and

which is not liable to take a permanent set 7 when subjected to short bends.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawingsFigure 1 represents a The stay shown in the drawings is formed of wire and preferably is formed'of a plurality of wires 1, two being shown, which are bent back and forth in a sinuous form fromedgeto edge of the stay to form a series of alternately disposed loops or eyes 2, lying along the edges of the stay, and a series of transversely extending connecting portions or crossings 3. Preferably the crossing portlons of eachwire are 1ncl1ned to a true transverse line across the stay, all

. of the crossing portions in the same wire being 1ncl1ned 1n the same direction and bemg substantially parallel from edge to edge of the stay. Also, the crossing portions of the two wires are inclined in opposite directions, as shown in the drawings. Further-- more, the crossing portions of the different wires of the stay are interwoven or'interlaced, that is, they pass under and over each other, so that the-complete stay is a fairly close networkof wires extending in two diagonal directions across the stay.

The crossing portions of the two wiresmay cross each other any number of times, depending upon the dlmensions of the wire and the width of the stay, as will be ob- I 55.: served by comparison of Figs. 1. and'Q,

which illustrate stays of, different widths.

Also, the open loops or eyes in the two wires interlaced witheach other,as,shown at 4: in Fig. l, or may merely overlap each other slightly, as shown at 5'in Fig. 2. The form shown 'ingFig. 1 is quite stifi in the edge but the form shown in Fig. 2-is alsovery resistant to bending strains, p'articularly'in the edgewise direction.

The stay shown contains a longlength of wire in a stay of given dimensions and the wires are closely interlocked, with each other so that they are held against relative movement. Consequently, the stay is very resilient, durable and strong and is not liable to take a permanent set when subjected to short bends.

What I claim is j 1. A garment stay, comprising a plu rality of wires bent back and forth in op along the same edge of the stay may be V wisedirection and is therefore especially sultable for uses in whlch edgewise bending is undes1rable,as for a corset clasp member,

posite directions toform' a series of transversely extending crossing portions, the. crossing portions of the wlre being 1ncl1ned to a true transverse line, all of thecrossing portions in each wire being substantially parall'el'fromedge to edge of the stay.

" 2. A. garment stay, comprising a plurality of wires bent back and forth in .opposite directions toform a series of trans- I versely extending crossing portions, the

wires being interlaced or interwoven with each other, I the crossing portions of the wire being'inclined to a true transverse line,

all of thecrossing portions in each wire being substantially parallel from edge to edge of the stay. p

3. A garment stay, comprising a plurality of wires bentback and forth in opposite directions to form a series of transversely extending crossing portions'which are in clined to a true transverse line,- all of the crossing portionsin each wire being substantially parallel from edge to edge of the stay, the crossing portions of different wires being inclined in differentdirections.

tending crossing portions which are inter laced or. lnterwoven with each-other, the

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crossing portions of each wire being-inclined to atrue transverse line and substanroe.

tially parallel to each other, the crossing portions or" difierent'wires being inclined in different directions.

5. A garment stay, comprising tWo Wires bent back and forth in sinuous form from edge to edge of the stay to form a series of alternately disposed loops or eyes lying along the edgesof the stay and a series of transversely extending crossing portions, the two Wires being interlaced or interwoven with each other, the crossing portions in each Wire being inclined to a true transverseline and substantially parallel to each other.

6. it garment stay, comprising tWo Wires bent back and forth in sinuous form from edge to edge of the stay to form a series of alternately disposed loops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay and a series of transversely extending crossing portions, the two Wires being interlaced or interwoven With each other, the crossing portions in each Wire being inclined to a true transverse line and substantially parallel to each other, the crossing portions of the tWo Wires being inclined in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

ELBERT L. HYDE. Witnesses:

GLENN H. Lnnnsonn, WILLIAM 'B. "VJL-IARTON.

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